Mounting for hand telephones



p 24, 1940- I H. SENGEBUSCH 2,215,860

MOUNTING FOR HAND TELEPHONES Filed April 14, 1939 ATTORNEYS.

Patented Sept. 24,1940

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MOUNTING roam TELEPHONES mm semebmn, Villa ran, m, assignor to Asminted Electric Laboratories, Inc., Chicago,

IlL, a corporation of Delaware Application April 14, 1939, Serial No. 267,815

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The present invention relates to mountings for telephones and. more particularly, to desk mountings for hand telephones.

A mounting of this type conventionallycomprises a supporting base, a pedestal carrying a calling dial, and a cradle provided with a switchhook and adapted to support a hand telephone or hand set of the well-known Monophone type; the usual substation apparatus. including an induction coil, a condenser, a signal bell and a switching machanism, being housed in the supporting base and pedestal of the mounting.

It is an object. of the present invention to provide a mounting of the type described which is of simple and rugged construction and which embodies an improved arrangement for facilitating movement from place to place of the mounting and the hand telephone supported thereby.

The object set forth above is attained in accordance with the present invention by providing a mounting of the character described comprising a base, a pedestal and a cradle including two spaced-apart and upwardly extending cradle members, the pedestal including front and rear upwardly and inwardly extending walls and upwardly extending side walls formed by the cradle members. The rear wall of the pedestal and the cradle members are so constructed and arranged that a substantially channel-shaped opening is provided in the rear of the pedestal. The cradle members are provided with aligned cradle seats therein adapted to support the handle of the hand telephone, the cradle seat provided in each of the cradle members being formed therein by spaced-apart and upwardly extending front and rear tines carried thereby, each of the rear tines being provided with an upwardly and forwardly extending front wall adapted to engage and overhang an adjacent portion of the handle of the hand telephone. An element is carried by the rear wall of the pedestal and posiitoned substantially entirely in the recess provided in the rear of the pedestal, the element having a rearwardly and downwardly extending handle portion disposed rearwardly of and below the rear tines. The element and the rear tines are so constructed and arranged that when a gripping force is exerted between the handle of the hand telephone and the handle portion of the element, the portions of the handle of the hand telephone disposed adjacent the front walls of the rear tines are moved into clamped relationship therewith, thereby securely to retain the handle of the hand telephone in the aligned cradle seats provided in the cradle members and to facilitate movement from place to place of the mounting, and the hand telephone supported thereby.

The novel features believed to be characteristic of the invention are set forth with articularity in the appended claims. The invention, both as to its organization and method of operation, together with further objects and advantages thereof, will best be understood by reference to the following specification taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a mounting for a hand telephone which is constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention: and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the mounting shown in Fig. 1 and a hand telephone supported thereby, illustrating the substation apparatus housed therein.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, there is shown a desk mounting or support [0 for a hand telephone or hand set of the wellknown Monophone type illustrated at H, which mounting comprises a supporting base I2, a ped estal i3, and a cradle i4 including two spaced apart and upwardly extending cradle members l5 and it. The pedestal I3 is provided with front and rear upwardly and inwardly extending walls I! and i8 converging slightly forwardly of the cradle M, a top wall I9 extending between the front and rear walls i1 and i8, respectively, and. upwardly extending side walls formed by the cradle members i5 and iii. The top and rear walls l9 and I8, respectively, of the pedestal I3 and the cradle members I5 and it are so constructed and arranged that a continuous sub-- stantially channel-shaped recess 20 is provided in the top and rear of the pedestal I3. Aligned cradle seats 2i and 22 are provided in the cradle members l5 and I5, respectively, the cradle seat 2| provided in the cradle member l5 being formed therein by spaced-apart and upwardly extending front and rear tines 23 and 24, respectively; and the cradle seat 22 provided in the cradle member It being formed therein by spaced-apart and upwardly extending front and rear tines 25 and 2i, respectively. The rear tines 24 and 26 are provided with upwardly and forwardly extending front walls 24a and 26a, respectively, which are adapted to engage and overhang adjacent portions of the handle of the hand telephone II for a purpose more fully described subsequently. The cradle seats 2i and 22 provided in the cradle members i 5 and iii are provided with recesses therein into which two metal inserts 21 and 2|, respectively, are securely positioned, the inserts 21 and 23 having openings therein into which two switchhooks or plungers 23 and 30, respectively, are slidably mounted.

The front wall H of the pedestal I3 is provided with an annular recess I'Ia therein within which a calling dial II is positioned and supported in place. The interiors of the supporting base I2 and the pedestal I3- are hollow in order to provide a continuous cavity 32 therein which accommodates the usual substation apparatus, such as a signalbell 33, an induction coil 34, a condenser 36 and a switching mechanism 36, the switching mechanism 36 being operatively associated with the switchhooks or plungers 23 and 36 by a suitable connecting lever mechanism 31. The opening into the cavity 32 formed in the supporting base I2 and the pedestal I3 is closed by a suitable base plate 33 fastened to the sup porting base I2. Also, the mounting I is so constructed and arranged that the center of gravity thereof is disposed in a substantially vertical plane extending through the aligned cradle seats 2I and 22 provided in the cradle members I6 and I6, respectively, in order to insure proper balance of the mounting.

The handle of the hand telephone II is supported in the aligned cradle seats 2I and 22 provided in the cradle members I and I6, respectively, the weight of the hand telephone being adequate to retain the switchhooks or plungers 29 and 30 in their depressed positions against the bias of the switching mechanism 36, in order to retain the switching mechanism 36 in its open circuit position in a well-known manner. When the handle of the hand telephone II is removed from the supporting cradle seats 2I and 22 .provided in the cradle members It and I6, respectively, the switchhooks or plungers 29 and 30 are projected outwardly under the bias of the switching mechanism 36, in order to cause the switching mechanism 36 to be operated to its closed circuit position in a well-known manner.

In order to facilitate movement of the mounting III and the hand telephone II supported thereby from place to place, an arrangement is provided which comprises an element 39 provided with a rearwardly and downwardly extending handle portion 40, the element 39 being disposed substantially entirely in the recess 20 provided in the rear of the pedestal I3 and the handle portion thereof being disposed rearwardly of and below the plane of the rear tines 24 and 26. The element 39 is secured to the rear wall I8 of the pedestal I3 by a screw 4I extending through an opening in the rear wall I8 of the pedestal I3 and threaded into a tapped hole provided in the element 39.

The element 39 and the rear tines 24 and 26 are so constructed and arranged that when a gripping force is exerted between the handle of the hand telephone II and the handle portion 40 of the element 39, the portions of the handle of the hand telephone I I disposed adjacent the front walls 24a and 26a of the rear tines 24 and 26, respectively, are moved into clamped relationship therewith, thereby securely to retain the handle of the hand telephone II in the aligned cradle seats 2I and 22 provided in the cradle members I6 and I6, respectively, and to facilitate movement from place to place of the mounting I0 and the hand telephone II supported thereby. It is contemplated that a person wishing to move the mounting I 0 and the hand telephone II supported thereby from one place to another will grasp the handle portion 40 of the element 38 2,21 s,aoo

with his fingers and the handle of the hand telephone II with his thumb and exert a gripping force therebetween in order securely to clamp the handle of the hand telephone II in the aligned cradle seats 2| and 22 provided in the cradle members,- I and I6, respectively, thereby to insure that the switchhooks or pl'ungers 23 and 36 are not actuated incident to the movement of the mounting I6 and the hand telephone II supported thereby and to provide a composite handle to facilitate movement from one place to another of the mounting II and the hand telephone II supported thereby.

In view of the foregoing, it is apparent that a desk mounting for a hand telephone is provided which is of simple and rugged construction and which embodies an improved arrangement for facilitating movement from place to place of the mounting and the hand telephone supported thereby.

While there has been described what is at present considered to be the preferred embodiment of the invention, it will be understood that various modifications may be made therein, and it is contemplated in the appended claims to cover all such modifications as fall within the true spirit and scope of the invention.

What is claimed is:

1. A mounting for a hand telephone, comprising a base, a pedestal, a cradle including two spaced-apart and upwardly extending cradle members, said pedestal including front and rear upwardly and inwardly exteding walls and upwardly extending side walls formed by said cradle members, the rear wall of said pedestal and said cradle members being so constructed and arranged that a substantially channel-shaped recess is provided in the rear of said pedestal, said cradle members being provided with aligned cradle seats therein adapted to support the handle of the hand telephone, the cradle seat provided in each of said cradle members being formed therein by spaced-apart and upwardly extending front and rear tines carried thereby, each of said rear tines being provided with an upwardly and forwardly extending front wall adapted to engage and overhang an adjacent portion of the handle of the hand telephone, and an element carried by said mounting and positioned substantially entirely in the recess provided in the rear of said pedestal, said element being disposed rearwardly of and below the plane of said rear tines, said element and said rear tines being so constructed and arranged that when a gripping force is exerted between the handle of the hand telephone and said element the portions of the handle of the hand telephone disposed adjacent the front walls of said rear tines are moved into clamped relationship therewith, thereby securely to retain the handle of the hand telephone in the aligned cradle seats provided in said cradle members and to facilitate movement from place to place of said mounting and the hand telephone supported thereby.

2. A mounting for a hand telephone, comprising a base, a pedestal, a cradle including two spaced-apart and upwardly extending cradle members, said pedestal including front and rear upwardly and inwardly extending walls and upwardly extending side walls formed by said cradle members, the rear wall of said pedestal and said cradle members being so constructed and arranged that a substantially channel-shaped upwardly extending recess is provided in the rear of said pedestal, said cradle members being pro- 1 vided with aligned cradle seats therein adapted to support the handle of the hand telephonre, the cradle seat provided in each of said cradle members being formed therein by spaced-apart and upwardly extending front and rear tines carried thereby, each or said rear tines being provided with an upwardly and forwardly extending front wall adapted to engage and overhang an adjacent portion of the handle of the hand telephone, and an element carried by the rear wall of said pedestal and positioned substantially entirely in the recess provided in the rear of said pedestal, said element having a rearwardly and downwardly extending handle portion disposed rearwardly 01 and below the plane 01! said rear tines, said element and said rear tines being so constructed and arranged that when a gripping force is exerted between the handle of the hand telephone and the handle portion of said element the portions of the handle of the hand telephone disposed adjacent the Iront walls of said rear tines are moved into clamped relationship therewith, thereby securely to retain the handle of the hand telephone in the aligned cradle seats provided in said cradle members and to facilitate movement from place to place of said mounting and the hand telephone supported thereby.

HANS SENGEBUSCH. 

